Not sure who's been watching the summer league games, and I know it's summer league. But I am officially worried about GG. He looks as lost out there as he did as a rookie. I really see little to no progress as far as him learning how to play basketball. We all know how talented he is, but I really am starting to question if he ever is going to get it. I think we should trade him while he still may have some value out there.
i dont think gerald will be a celtic for much longer...any trade that includes theos contract will include gerald as well...he has not progressed at all and there are no minutes for him anyway wit paul, ray and tony in the mix...big dissappointment
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I would have to agree, I just expected so much more this in thisSummer League from Gerald, and he hasn't improved at all, basically at this point he should be dominating in this summer league and especially a team like China where they were playing their 5th game in 6 days and it just wasn't there, problem is what is his trade value I am sure all the other teams were watching him also, where he is at right now he could be spending this year in the D-League.
Green is a lot like Martell Webster of the Blazers. Both were drafted out of high school in the same draft, and both have shown flashes. Both seem really lost most of the time though. I remember some reporter said that those two were the worst picks possible in that draft. I disputed it because they were so young, but maybe he was right.
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I think it was Cousy who said something like - people are getting carried away with "potential". Some guys take a little while to get cranking, but generally you are who you are. And I fear Green is a freak of an athlete who will never be a good basketball player.
People realize that yet they keep drafting for potential. Go figure...
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I think especially when you were drafting HS players it was easy to get carried away with potential. You can thrive in HS on just being an amazing athlete, but not as much in college, and even less so in the NBA. Hopefully the minimum one year in college will weed out some of this.
Green is also a good shooter (with some clarifications which I will get into) in addition to an athlete. I think if he just sticks to what he does best, he can be serviceable in the NBA but not the star we were hoping for. Last season, he was best when he came off screens, caught, and shot the ball. He couldn't create his shot like Pierce, but if he lost his defender and was delivered the ball at the right time, he was very good at just going up with the shot ala Rip Hamilton or Reggie Miller. Those guys are much smarter basketball players, but I'm just comparing the catch and shoot aspects of their games. If he has to dribble or shoot a contested shot, then he's in trouble. I think if he's playing with Pierce or Allen (unlikely both because he'd be subbing for one of them) and Jefferson, then I think he could find he could get a lot of open, uncontested shots. He can also finish on the break. Defensively, well, that's another story, but it's not like we have a whole lot of great defenders anyway that he'd be taking time from.
At this point, if we trade him, I don't think we'll regret it as long as we get something good in return. But if we don't trade him, I don't think he's useless. As long as we have Pierce, Ray Allen, and hopefully, Tony Allen, there won't be as much pressure on him to do things he's not comfortable doing.
i wouldn't give up on him yet... yes he is not living up to expectations but i see a player that could have benefited greatly from going to college and it is very unfortunate that he didn't. But, i still see a developing player with tremendous amount of talent and just doesn't know how and when to use it. you see him running the floor with the mindset of shoot regardless of it being an open shot or not. My point being, the kid is still only 21/22 years old i would give him another year to prove himself. This is his last year in his contract with a team option in the 08-09 season. Not only will this allow us to see if he is legit, but it also gives him an incentive to put extra effort and make smart decisions on the court.
I agree that Green is not useless. He can play in the NBA. But he he has not shon any progress that leads to the conclusion that he'll be a star, or even a starter. Obviously if he stays, I hope I am wrong.
With Gerald I see flashes of improvement. There was a time he dumped the ball of on a drive a la Rondo and that bolds well for the future, however, he still plays out of control, stil can't dribble, doesn't really rebound and isn't a particularly good defender (even in the summer league). He still has a month and a half until training camp so I'm not totally giving up on his improving this season.
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